PEN News: May 17, 2012‏

PEN News: May 17, 2012‏

HAVE A PINT WITH PEN AT LIT CRAWL BROOKLYN! PEN ONLINE: DO YOU KNOW A WRITER IN NEED? The PEN Writers’ Emergency Fund offers grants of up to $2,000 to writers and editors who are facing acute financial crisis (i.e. medical emergencies, threat of eviction, and the like). More information can be found at PEN.org/writersfund. The next deadline for application is June 15. BECOME A PEN MEMBER Writers are now eligible for PEN membership after the publication of their first book, and publishing professionals—agents, editors, publicists—are also invited to join. Submit your application today.

Art is not entertainment. At its very best, art is a revolution. Salman Rushdie delivers the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture - Click here to watch!   ESKINDER NEGA RECEIVES 2012 FREEDOM TO WRITE AWARD Nega "picked up his pen to write things that he knew would put him at risk"  JENNIFER EGAN: HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN RULES Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan discusses the role of structure in writing and reading  TIMESTALKS Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, and E.L. Doctorow talk with A.O. Scott of The New York Times  UNDERSTANDING EGYPT With Mona Eltahawy, Elias Khoury, and Rula Jebreal  ORIGINAL CONTENT FROM PWV AUTHORS New Work from Herta Müller, Ludmila Ulitskaya, Elias Khoury, Etgar Keret, and Others  PENLive!   Our team of live-bloggers posted photos, videos, and reflections throughout the PEN World Voices Festival  PEN EVENTS Join PEN May 19 for Booze & Books at Lit Crawl 2012 More from the PEN World Voices Festival; Julian Sanchez on fiction and surveillance; news and updates from authors and members of PEN; Charles Simic, Tracy K. Smith, and others translate poets alive; Mark Nowak's Domestic Writers United Workshop; and more excerpts from the latest issue of PEN America.

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